Hard sell? Met Opera aims to lure millennials
(Artdaily.org)

The Metropolitan Opera is digging deep into its bag of tricks as it attempts to lure in younger generations more familiar with `Mozart in the Jungle` than its long-dead inspiration. At a `Fridays Under 40` party earlier this month, young opera prospects, some donning tuxedos and gowns, took selfies with cast extras and mingled over wine and cheese in a space set below one of the Met`s signature Marc Chagall murals. Others gathered on a terrace overseeing Lincoln Center as an anticipatory buzz built ahead of an opulently-staged performance of `Samson et Dalila` moments later. The parties, 10 in all throughout the season and offered at a discounted ticket price for a performance, are part of the Met`s efforts to reposition itself as it rethinks its artistic vision under a new music director. The initiatives are meant to put the 135-year-old organization on